On November 11 of the first year of Jianning, in the pavilion in the back garden of the palace.

Liu Hong dropped the white son in his hand and said with a smile, "Bo Shi (Hu Guang's character), this time Enke, can you have your favorite candidate?" ”

Taifu Hu Guang looked at the big dragon formed by Liu Hong Baizi in the chessboard, and after a little thought, he landed the black seed in his hand in the center of the big dragon of Baizi.

Then he replied, "This time, although Enke has gathered the children of the world's poor families, more than half of the books in the world are in the family, if there is no family background, even if it is a talent, it can become a talent." Therefore, the minister values a person, who is a great talent, but he is not a child of a family, but a child of a poor family, but his teacher is a family in the world. ”

Liu Hong looked at Hu Guang's chess move puzzled, and then seemed to think of something, and with a smile, he fell and ate Hu Guang's chess pieces in the center.

"I know who Aiqing is talking about, this person's surname is Lu Ming, and the words are dry. A native of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, Youzhou, he is a disciple of Ma Rong, a relative of Hao's family. I have to say that this Ma Rong is a wonderful person! At the beginning of the lecture, many women advocated singing and dancing, and if they learned the skills in this method, they must be people with extraordinary will. ”

"Your Majesty is very true!"

Hu Guang said respectfully, but the chess pieces in his hand were slow to fall, and his brows were also tightened.

He didn't believe that Liu Hong didn't see his intentions in the chess move he had just now, but he still ate that piece of white, which made Hu Guang puzzled.

Immediately, Hu Guang thought that he was just a bystander, so why not go with the flow?

So he put the sunspot in his hand in the corner of the chessboard, far away from the white.

Liu Hong saw that Hu Guang went with the flow, smiled indifferently, and still played steadily.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them each ignored each other and made more than a dozen moves.

Hu Guang suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the three people who are the leaders of the palace examination are all great talents in the world, why did Your Majesty only ask about the candidate Cheng Yu?" ”

The reason why there is this question is because in the past three days, Liu Hong has never asked about the situation of the other two, and Lu Zhi is among the two.

If it is above the main hall, in order to protect Cheng Yu from being questioned by the courtiers on the spot, then he should also be summoned later?

Hu Guang doesn't think that Liu Hong doesn't appreciate talent.

Liu Hong sighed when he heard this, and said, "Aiqing, do you know who is the third person besides Cheng Yu and Lu Zhi among the three people?" ”

That person was not in Hu Guang's invigilation area, so Hu Guang didn't know, but when he took the palace exam, Hu Guang was attracted by his elegant temperament at a glance.

So Hu Guang asked with great interest, "Your Majesty, I don't know who this person is?" ”

Then he felt that it was a little disrespectful for him to ask this, and hurriedly said, "I hope Your Majesty will atone for your sins, and the minister is rude." ”

Liu Hong waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I actually don't like this person very much, although this person is highly educated, has an elegant temperament, and has a deep Confucian heritage, but he is a fake and empty person." ”

"Fake big empty??"

Hu Guang tasted it repeatedly, and then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are really born with talents, these three words are enough to describe those mediocre talents with empty stomachs, but the minister is puzzled, since that person is set as the front row by a group of people who read the papers, why does Your Majesty give such an evaluation?" ”

"This person's surname is Zheng Mingxuan, the word Kangcheng, and he is from Gaomi. He once entered Taixue, and then from Zhang Gongzu, and then from Ma Rong to the present. ”

"After returning from his study tour, he returned to cultivate Donglai, gathered disciples to teach, and his disciples reached thousands of people, and his family was poor and studious, and he finally became a great Confucian."

Hu Guang was even more puzzled when he heard this, "Your Majesty, such a great Confucian, why does Your Majesty say that he is a fake and empty mediocre talent?" ”

Liu Hong glanced at Hu Guang and said secretly in his heart, "Can I tell you, am I afraid of raising tigers?" There are thousands of disciples, and it is a generation of Confucianism, this kind of Confucianism is dead-eyed, and it can't be killed, can't be closed, don't you see the later Kong Rong? ”

Of course, these words can only be thought about, after all, Confucianism is still very respected in this era.

So Liu Hong organized the language and said: "This person learned from Taixue "Jingshi Yi", "Ram Spring and Autumn", "Three Unified Calendars", and "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". ”

"Yu Zhang Gongzu studied "Ancient Texts and Books", "Zhou Li" and "Zuo Chuan", etc.

"Yu Ma Rong learned ancient scriptures. Later, after the party, Du Men annotated and devoted himself to writing. Mainly based on ancient scriptures, and also adopts modern scriptures, pays attention to the group scriptures, and authors books such as "Seven Political Treatises on Astronomy" and "Zhonghou". ”

"It can be said that it is a generation of Confucianism, but he has knowledge but does not know how to use it, how can such a person be allowed to be an official?"

When Hu Guang heard that Zheng Xuan was such a great Confucian, he couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't know about this person at all, it was really a sin.

And this person is also a person who was originally too learned, and it is a pity that he has never seen it.

However, as soon as he heard Liu Hong say that he could not be an official, his face changed, and then he said, "Your Majesty, how can such a great Confucian not be an official?" ”

Liu Hong shook his head and said, "Aiqing, do you still remember the second exam question I gave to the candidates?" ”

Hu Guang nodded and said, "The minister naturally knows how to govern a county from His Majesty. ”

Liu Hong nodded slightly, and then said, "Then I don't know how Aiqing thinks a county should be governed?" ”

Hu Guang said without hesitation, "I first observed the form of this county, prescribed the right medicine, and then persuaded the farmers to simmer mulberry, so that the people had no worries about rations." ”

Liu Hong slapped his palm lightly a few times, and said with a smile: "What Aiqing said is really what Lao Cheng said for the country." However, Zheng Xuan, but this is not the case, he said that the people of the country should be eager to learn to serve the country, and they should be diligent in learning articles. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Hong feigned anger and said, "It's really nonsense, he is also from a poor background, how can he not know the needs of the people?" He has also traveled around to study, so how can he not know what officials in various places are doing? However, he wrote thousands of words of bold words, which is really mediocre. ”

Hearing Liu Hong's words, Hu Guang couldn't help but think of the close ministers of Emperor Wu's period, those close ministers of Emperor Wu were close confidants of Emperor Wu, and their talents were even more extraordinary, but after Emperor Wu sent them to the place, they fell one after another.

It was all because they didn't understand what the local officials did, and they deliberately went out to connect with each other, and in the end, even Han Wu Yanjing had to give up on them.

Thinking of this, Hu Guang was silent, Emperor Wu at that time already had several great achievements, and he could ignore the opinions of the courtiers at all.

However, today's Your Majesty is not good, although the ministers in the court do not have the slightest opinion on the emperor's decree, it is because the emperor has not made a mistake, and once he makes a mistake, the courtiers will inevitably come forward to attack. Thus making a profit.

Hu Guang, who figured it out, sighed slightly, and then stopped talking.

However, at this time, Hu Guangyi lowered his head, but was surprised to find that dozens of hands had passed, and his sunspots were squeezed into a narrow corner by Liu Hong's whites, but the outside had become the world of whites.

Hu Guang was suddenly shocked, no wonder His Majesty beheaded Yuan Cheng without care, and even Yuan Cheng's son Yuan Shao, who was passed on to Yuan Feng, did not pursue it.

It turned out to be to paralyze them and let them relax their vigilance, knowing that His Majesty had given a thunderous blow.

Liu Hong smiled at Hu Guang's surprised face and got up and left the pavilion.

Go is not what Liu Hong is good at, whether it is in the past life or in this life, but with his continuous moves and planning recently, Liu Hong has embodied this ability to play steadily and defend and counterattack in Go.

Hu Guang looked at Liu Hong's departing back, and said secretly, "Your Majesty, although there are many reasons not to use Zheng Xuan, you can't ignore the feelings of Confucian scholars in the world!" ”